A review on animal–robot interaction: from bio-hybrid organisms to mixed societies

D Romano, E Donati, G Benelli, C Stefanini - Biological cybernetics, 2019 - Springer
Living organisms are far superior to state-of-the-art robots as they have evolved a wide
number of capabilities that far encompass our most advanced technologies. The merging of …

Development and trends of chicken farming robots in chicken farming tasks: A review

D Yang, D Cui, Y Ying - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2024 - Elsevier
Chicken farming plays a crucial role in the chicken industry. As the market demand for
chicken products continues to grow, chicken farming is expanding on a larger scale to meet …

Is biorobotics science? Some theoretical reflections

M Tamborini, E Datteri - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we ask one fairly simple question: to what extent can biorobotics be sensibly
qualified as science? The answer clearly depends on what'science'means and whether …

Animal-in-the-loop: using interactive robotic conspecifics to study social behavior in animal groups

T Landgraf, GHW Gebhardt, D Bierbach… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Biomimetic robots that replace living social interaction partners can help elucidate the
underlying interaction rules in animal groups. Our review focuses on the use of interactive …

Multiple cues produced by a robotic fish modulate aggressive behaviour in Siamese fighting fishes

D Romano, G Benelli, E Donati, D Remorini… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The use of robotics to establish social interactions between animals and robots, represents
an elegant and innovative method to investigate animal behaviour. However, robots are still …

Closed-loop control of zebrafish behaviour in three dimensions using a robotic stimulus

C Kim, T Ruberto, P Phamduy, M Porfiri - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Robotics is continuously being integrated in animal behaviour studies to create
customizable, controllable, and repeatable stimuli. However, few systems have capitalized …

A biohybrid interaction framework for the integration of robots in animal societies

V Papaspyros, D Burnier, R Cherfan, G Theraulaz… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The collective behavior of animals has been traditionally studied through observation,
quantitative models of behavior, and devices of low intelligence. Nowadays, the …

The logic of interactive biorobotics

E Datteri - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent studies, robots are used to stimulate living systems in controlled experimental
settings. This research strategy is here called interactive biorobotics, to distinguish it from …

Design of a robotic zebra finch for experimental studies on developmental song learning

A Araguas, B Guellaï, P Gauthier… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Birdsong learning has been consolidated as the model system of choice for exploring the
biological substrates of vocal learning. In the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), only males …

Proactivity of fish and leadership of self-propelled robotic fish during interaction

Z Zhou, J Liu, J Pan, J Yu - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Fish interacting with biomimetic robotic fish is beneficial for animal behavior research,
particularly in the study of collective behavior. Compared with passive-dragging robotic fish …